Not everything that we learn is useful, so the brain needs a mechanism to prevent itself being burdened by unhelpful details. The molecular details of this mechanism are now being uncovered.
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Silva, A., Josselyn, S. The molecules of forgetfulness. Nature 418, 929–930 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418929a
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